To live content with small means; 
to seek elegance rather than luxury; 
and refinement rather than fashion; 
to be worthy, not respectable; 
and wealthy, but not rich; 
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, and act frankly; 
to listen to the stars and the birds, to children and sages, with an open heart, and opened mind.
to bear all cheerfully, do it all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; 
in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. 
This is my symphony."